Curtain-hanger.



A. DICKEY.

I CURTAIN HANGER. APPLICATION FILED wean. 1914.

Patented July 27, 1915.

0 5,0 gage ADAM DICKEY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CURTAIN-HANGER Specification of Letters Patent.

Applicationfiled August 31, 1914. Serial No. 859,292.

To all whom it may concern: 1 1

Be it known that I, ADAM Droxnx, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Curtain-Hangers, of which the fol- ].owing is a specification.

Among the several types of hangers for curtains, draperies, portieres, etc, are those composed of a frame bearing supporting-- rolls, WhiLJ rolls are adapted to roll along on tracks When using a traverse-line (socalled) to draw the curtain, said line is connected to the end-most curtain-hanger of the set, and, as said hanger is moved along on the track, it engages the next hanger of the set, and so on throughout the series. When the end-most hanger engages the adjacent hanger, the rolls constitute the points of engagement, and owing to thefact that the roll or rolls of the end-most hanger are bein rotated in the direction opposite to that o the roll or rolls of the adjacent hanger and so on throughout the series, the result is a binding action which seriously retards their movements.

This invention has for its object to provide curtain-hangers of this description with abutting-portions at its ends, which extend beyond the peripheries of thesupporting-roll or rolls, the abutting-portions of each hanger being arranged for engagement with abutting-portions of adjacent hangers, thialreby to permit free rotation of the roll or r0 s.

Figure 1, is a front elevation of a series of curtain hangers having abutting portions, one of the end-most'hangers of the set having a traverse-line connected with it. Fig. 2, is a plan view of the set of hangcm. Fig. 3,-is a rear elevation and, Fig. 4, is aside elevation of one of .the hangers. Fig. 5, is a plan view of a modified form of my invention. 1

The hanger comprises a flat plate 10, of substantially triangular form, here shown as T-shaped, arranged to provide for supporting two pairs of rolls, the rolls of each pair being arranged at o posite sides of the plate and mounted in t e same axle; and also for the attachment thereto of a curtain, and of a traverse-line. Said plate has a hole 12 throu h its downwardly extended arm, to

provide or the connection with it of a hook,

which is attached to the curtain, and also for the connection therewith oi the traverse-line 16; and said plate also has other holes through it for the axles of the supporting-rolls. Said rolls are represented at 20, 21, and 22, 23, and are designed for engagement with suitable tracks, and the plate extends down between the tracks for the connection therewith of the traverse line and the curtain. As shown in Figs. 1 and 4,

said plate has its top arms extended beyond the peripheries of the rolls, and the end portions of said arms are split and bent at right angle to the main ortions of the arms, in opposite ways, to orm cars 30, 31. These ears have flat faces for engagement with like ears on adjacent frames.

In Fig. 5,. a modified form of abuttingportion is shown comprising a single ear at each end of the plate, as 32; but the form shown in Figs. 1 to 4 is preferable, for it provides for reversing the hangers. vention, however, is not limited to the specific construction of these abutting-portions.

In operation, when the traverse-line 16 is pulled the end-most hanger of the set to which it is connected is moved along on the Patented July 27, 1915.

My inwhich hangers of the set may be employed l as the end-most hangers, all of the hangers may and preferably will be provided with such holes in order that the traverse-lines may be connected with any hanger which is arranged as the end-most hanger of the set. Furthermore, it is not absolutely necessary that the hangers and most hangers of a set. all be provided with abutting-portions at bothends, but ordinarily the abutting-portions are arranged at both ends so that no particular hanger need be selected to serve as the end-most hanger of the set.

I claim 2- Y 1. The curtain-hanger herein described, consisting of a plate, one or more pairs of supporting-rolls home by'it, the rolls of each pair being arranged at opposite sides of articularly. the end 4 the plate, said plate having a downwardly wardly extended arm for the connection extended arm for the connection therewith of a traverse-line and of a curtain, and also having arms at the top, which are extended beyond the peripheries of the supportingrolls, said arms having at their ends lateral projections extended in opposite ways.

2. The curtain-hanger herein described, consisting of a plate, one or more pairs of supporting-rolls borne by it, the rolls of each pair being arranged at opposite sides of the plate, said plate having a downtherewith of a traverse-line and of a curtain,

and also having arms at the top, which are extended beyond the peripheries of the supporting-rolls, the end-portions of said arms being split and bent at right-anglesto the main-portion of the arms in opposite ways to form ears to serve as abutting-portions.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence oi two subscribing Witnesses.

ADAM DICKEY Witnesses:

- B. J. NOY/ES, ,H. B. DAVIS. 

